CVE-2007-0478

N/A Unknown
Published: January 25, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on NVD

Description

WebCore on Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.10, as used in Safari, does not properly parse HTML comments in TITLE elements, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and bypass some XSS protection schemes by embedding certain HTML tags within an HTML comment.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/32712
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23893
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018494
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.beanfuzz.com/wordpress/?p=99
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457763/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31846
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/32712
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23893
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018494
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.beanfuzz.com/wordpress/?p=99
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457763/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31846
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.8%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

apple

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